Thanks!
And the genius topic of Master Brian
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4672.0 opened new fields in my mind…
As the Great War entered its fifth decade,
More precisely, this provides me with 2 different explanations to classify the VERY MYSTERIOUS (half-modern) Loughead L-338A “DATED 1918”:
Either:
- WW1 was of course dated 1914-1918 only but President Wilson has decided in 1917, while declaring war to Germany, that “this will be a very long war, but I guarantee it will last no more than 2 years, I swear it, on the Bible; besides (for astronomic reasons) the duration of a year is no more 365 days but 3,650 days, all right” (when this new system was cancelled, modern designs of the very-long-1918 were reclassified 1936 – the war dogmas of biplane layout and opened cockpit were still effective of course, even if engines and aerodynamism had improved a lot).
- In the normal 1918 (365-days long), prospective designs of foreseen future (science-fiction) involved huge engines, light alloys, and very streamlined futuristic lines…